Exercise important for those at risk of Alzheimer's
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 09:01
in Health & Medicine
November is National Alzheimers Disease Awareness Month, bringing calls to make this disease a national and personal priority. As the population ages, people are searching for hope in the fight against Alzheimers. While evidence does suggest that physical activity is associated with maintenance of cognitive function across the lifespan, most of this research has been done with healthy people, without any consideration of their risk for Alzheimers.